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Gerhard Dorn and John French

A Chymical Dictionary

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Essatum vinum

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Essatum vinum

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At a Glance

The word. A wine spirit named through rectification.

In the book. Alcool vini is also identified as rectified spirit of wine, while Vinum correctum is the Alcool of wine.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 21; facsimile PDF page 349.

Historical Definition

Essatum vinum is rectified spirit of wine.

Meaning

The definition identifies a prepared spirit of wine and retains the qualifying operation. It does not specify the number of treatments or a measured strength. A reader should therefore keep “rectified” visible without supplying a modern concentration.

Use in the Book

Alcool vini is also identified as rectified spirit of wine, while Vinum correctum is the Alcool of wine. These connections provide closely related vocabulary for reading a preparation. They do not establish that every historical example described by the names had an identical composition or strength.

Places to Read

Alcool vini. The wine-qualified term for rectified spirit.

Vinum correctum. A wine preparation referred to alcohol of wine.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 21; facsimile PDF page 349 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary 1650, s.v. Essatum vinum

See also. Alcool vini; Vinum correctum

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The complete 706 historical definitions of the 1650 English dictionary, modernised and accompanied by expanded Diotimos commentary, reading routes, 15 textual notes and complete linked indexes.

Historical Text

A Chymicall Dictionary, London 1650, English version associated with John French, based on Gerhard Dorn’s Dictionarium Theophrasti Paracelsi. The containing volume also prints Sendivogius and Paracelsus; neither neighboring work changes this dictionary’s attribution.

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Complete 706 definition paragraphs with new introduction, commentary, reading guides and indexes; Diotimos Editions, 2026.

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